• Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.113-126
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• 2009

Objective : This research aimed to investigate and analyze the opinions of Oriental Medical Doctors (O.M.D.) on covering herbal medicines into National Health Insurance scheme. Methods : Structured questionnaires were e-mailed to the O.M.D.s listed on member's DB of the Association of Korean Oriental Medicine. Collected data were analyzed with the SPSS 12.0 program. Results : The insurance coverage for herbal decoctions was supported by 80.8% of the responders, the median reasonable price for daily herbal decoctions was \9,517, the minimum price median of daily herbal decoctions considering its costs was \8,080, and the daily technical fee median was \4,379. On health insurance coverage for herbal decoctions, O.M.D.s were specially considering the standardization of herbal medicines. Conclusion : In this study, majority of O.M.D.s assented to health insurance coverage for herbal decoctions, but considered standardization of herbal medicines and optional prescription fee. It needs to prepare plan for insurance coverage of herbal decoctions that reflect the character of oriental medicine and oriental medical institutions.

• Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.89-103
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• 2013

Objectives: This study was aimed to contribute to the establishment of base for the development of new health technology in Korean Medicine. Methods: Survey was performed with 200 samples obtained through stratified sampling from the list of members of Association of Korean Medicine. Results: For the question about the recognition of new health technology, 54.0% answered 'yes' and 45.0% answered 'no', For the question about whether using the therapy not listed in the medical care of national health insurance, 43.5% answered 'use', Conclusion: Doctors of Korean Medicine seem to want the enlargement of new health technology in the Korean Medicine.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.3 no.9
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• pp.1245-1250
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• 2002

This paper is an intelligence type of remote medical examination system for both on-line and off-line mode to transcend time and space on web where anyone can participate ;on-line consultation among patient, doctor, Korean medical doctor, medical examination in off-line mode, transmission of prescription to the pharmacist designated by patient and preparation of medicine, and semi-eternal storage of medical examination data by storage and check of medical examination data ; and database is composed by using intelligence type of object control which enables effect of treatment for heredity including check and mutual holding of medical examination data among family, fast treatment effect pursuant to situation of past medical examination through control of private disease history, cooperated medical examination among doctors, and so on.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.168-179
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• 2006

Background and Aim : As the aged society is coming, people pay attention to it and the government is also increasing subsidy into the welfare of the aged. As a branch of social welfare, community welfare is familiar and close to local residents. We could open up a new field in community welfare for oriental medicine and oriental medical doctor(OMD). Materials and Method : Analyzing the worts of community welfare center, we tried to find ways for OMDs to take part in there. We focused m community care and home care service of community welfare center and community health center. Result : Free oriental medical services are offered in many places, but a lot of them are temporary and hard to continue due to financial problem and lack of specialist. Local residents want to know about oriental medicine but few OMDs are willing to participate, thereforen, unqualified lectures of such as hand acupuncture, moxibustion, meridian massage prevail among them. This leads to illegal oriental medical services in the name of volunteer medical work. Conclusion The system is needed that local OMD association take part in community welfare of oriental medical service and care with community welfare center and community health center. Local volunteer medical services and researches of medical policy can help increase the chance for OMDs to go into social welfare system of the aged.

• Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.49-56
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• 2013

Objectives: The objectives of this study are to determine both what information Korean Medicine(KM) doctors want from medical classics and how classic KM knowledge should be structured. Methods: KM doctor survey was conducted in October 2012 via E-mail to determine what information Korean Medicine doctors want to collect from a larger volume of existing classics. Specialist survey was made in October 2012 through questionnaire and 8 workshops were held between April 2012 ~ February 2013 to discuss how to reorganize classic KM knowledge. Results: With two surveys and 8 workshops, we built a conceptualization of the classic KM knowledge system for KM practice. KM doctors wanted to engage with the design of KM knowledge system informed by authentic medical classics, and hoped that more information on common disorders would be added to the table of contents of classic KM books than now. A comprehensive knowledge system was also required to maximize information sharing. Conclusions: Future KM knowledge systems need to be more comprehensive and include more information about disorders with which patients commonly consult KM doctors.

• The Journal of the Society of Korean Medicine Diagnostics
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.156-168
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• 2013

Objectives Although there have been someone who pointed out declining tendency of pure traditional diagnosis, there are no objective survey results on present state of diagnosis among Korean Medicine Doctors (KMDs). So we did a descriptive survey study to show traditional diagnostic modality usage among them. Materials and methods: 73 samples of responded questionnaire in Busan area were collected and descriptively studied. Results (1) U code (in KCD-6) usage showed low level (28.7%). (2) Diagnostic apparatuses for traditional medicine are rarely used. For example, pulse diagnosis machine was reported to be used only by 9.7 % of KMDs. (3) KMDs still prefer the treatment based on pattern identification and symptomatic therapy rather than treatments based on disease identification of modern biomedicine. Conclusion Overall, the portion of pattern identification is still high among KMDs, some kind of diagnostic methods which support pattern identification showed lack of usage.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.123-158
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• 2011

The Korea health care system has been divided into Western and Oriental (Korea traditional) medicine since 1951. In accordance with dualistic medical system, there are many conflict cases between medical doctors and oriental medical doctors. Meanwhile, there were much discussions about the meaning and criteria of medical malpractice(negligence). Especially, many cases have been built up about the criteria of medical malpractice through lawsuits. But, comparatively, there's few the medical malpractice case of the oriental medical doctors. According to a recent ruling of the Supreme Court, the legal principles of medical doctor's malpractice case are equally applied to the criteria of the oriental medical doctor's malpractice case. But there are much considerations in addition to these principles for the dualistic medical system and academic distinctiveness. This study is intended to review the dualistic medical system, the criterion of medical malpractice, and analysis this issues. To make long story short, under our dualistic medical system, judging the medical and oriental malpractice should be considered relatively. However, it makes sense that we want medical doctor or oriental medical doctor to demand the reinforced negligence to restrict the unnecessary discretion. If there is lack of evidence-based medicine or the rationality suspected, the health care providers must give enough proof.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.211-224
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• 2015

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate gender differences in the Korean Medical Community. Methods: Participants in the research study included 90 students regularly attending the fourth grade in Korean Medicine College, of which 48 were male and 42 were female. Results: 1. Patient's preferences for female KMD (Korean Medicine Doctor) had the lowest response rate in Korean Medical Society. Preferences for male KMD were due to factors including comfort level, rationality, good training, and patient's preference. 2. Patient's preferences for female KMD had the highest response rate in Gynecology, and Pediatrics. On the other hand, patient's preferences for female KMD had the lowest response rate in the other 7 specialty subjects. 3. The reasons for gender discrimination against male KMD were lack of subtlety, lack of empathy, authoritative attitude, and lack of patient management skills. The reasons for gender discrimination, against female KMD were childcare burden, social prejudices, lack of physical strength, and housekeeping burdens. Conclusions: The study results indicated that there was a lower preference for female KMD than male KMD among the Korean Medical Society and in patients' consciousness. Male-centered culture of Korean Medical Society had no role in this finding, but masculine image for KMD jobs and work-family double burden for female KMD were important contributing factors.

• Journal of Korean Medicine for Obesity Research
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.55-69
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• 2007

Objectives : The aim of the study was to investigate the principal symptoms and a syndrome differentiation in the obesity using surveys from Oriental medical doctors and obese patients. Methods : Seventy three Oriental medical doctors who participated in the 2006 autumn annual conference of Korean Oriental Association for Study of Obesity and 243 obese patients responded to the survey. Results : Twenty nine percent of Oriental medical doctors replied that the syndrome differentiation is the most important diagnosis index, and 21 percent of them replied they use Sasang Constitution classification during diagnostic process. The syndrome differentiations used were mainly phlegm-fluid, blood stasis, spleen vacuity, food accumulation, damp phlegm, and Gi deficiency order. In the response of doctors and patients about principle symptoms of 6 syndrom differentiation belong inside 5 place except phlegm fluid and liver stasis Conclusions : We should develop syndrome differentiation questionnaire about obese symptoms.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.197-202
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• 2014

It is used the important method that Oriental doctor determines patient's disease status observing patient's state of tongue in Oriental medicine clinic. In this paper, it developed the how to use the pulse diagnosis and tongue diagnosis based on s mart based electronic acupuncture. It will do objective judgment without wrong diagnosis. In this paper, we developed the algorithm that it automatically determines patient health condition and smart electronic acupuncture kit using fuzzy logic and fuzzy reasoning system were completed. In this paper, Simulation results proved that acupuncture is effective than the traditional method of using electronic intelligence.